Expandable pouch combined with belt

ABSTRACT

A wearable apparatus for storing items, comprising a belt including first and second ends and an expandable pouch having first and second ends said first and second belt ends being attached to said first and second pouch ends respectively, whereby pleats are formed in the pouch material to allow the pouch greater expandability, while still maintaining a small profile when empty, by pinching in, overlapping or layering the material longitudinally at the right and left edges of the pouch and then stitching or otherwise attaching the pleated fabric to the ends of belt, whereby as a result of the pleats said pouch comprises first and second spaced folds with a section of pouch material therebetween, said first fold and said pouch material section forming a recess into which said second fold is received when said pouch is in a substantially non-expanded condition.

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of an expandable pouch combined withbelt.

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an empty pouch according to the presentinvention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a full pouch according to the presentinvention.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of an empty pouch according to the presentinvention.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of an empty pouch according to the presentinvention with the pleats in the back fabric pushed slightly apart.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of a full pouch according to the presentinvention.

FIG. 8 is a top down view of an empty pouch according to the presentinvention; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom up view of an empty pouch according to the presentinvention.

The broken lines showing the buckles, slides, and the stitch tacks andsnap hooks at either end of the zipper fastener are for illustrativepurposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

The article in which the present design is embodied is a compact yetexpandable pouch, formed from a single piece of elastic fabric andhaving pleats in the back. When empty, the pouch is preferablyapproximately the same width and thickness as the belt holding the pouchin place, and yet the pouch's width and thickness (and thus its internalvolume) can expand up to 300–400% or more to hold larger items or alarge number of small items.

I claim the ornamental design for the expandable pouch combined withbelt, as shown and described.